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The EU and Norway have concluded a bi-lateral fisheries agreement for 2006. The two sides have also reached agreement on fishing levels in the Skagerrak next year. The long-term management plan for…

The EU and Gabon have signed a new fisheries agreement that replaces the current one. The new Protocol that became effective last December, 3, provides fishing opportunity for Atlantic tuna to 40…

Canadas Atlantic fish will be squeezed into ever smaller patches of cool water, endangered Atlantic salmon will be doomed, and key boreal forest species will be stranded as their natural habitats erode,…

Rosmorport, of the Russian Ministry of Transport, is to spend $19 million building three radio towers and other support structures in Temryuk (Azov Sea), Kaliningrad (Baltic Sea) and Murmansk (Barents Sea) to…

Irish fishermen are angry with their government for imposing grossly excessive punitive legislation while the fishermen have accepted already measures like decommissioning 25% of the whitefish fleet to conserve stocks.

The EU Commission says that “While the state of most Baltic fish stocks is fairly good, allowing for stable or even increased fishing possibilities to be proposed, the cod stocks continue to…

The EU, Norway, Iceland and the Faroe Islands have reached an agreement on blue whiting quotas. The deal, struck in late November, signals the end to years of failed negotiations.